deadbeat

Example Sentences

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Shortly before Potter was sacked last year she liked a tweet which called the Englishman a "deadbeat" manager who "doesn't know what he is doing".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Some critics say that the relationship between the couple is portrayed as too loving but Scorsese never pretends to hide the motivations that drive a deadbeat, grifter like Ernest.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2023

Clara, a housewife stuck in a deadbeat marriage, understands the feeling all too well.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

And that makes the elder Biden a dirtbag deadbeat grandfather.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2023

A picture emerged of an unstable deadbeat, swindler, and failed lawyer and lecturer.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow